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I think you're jealous, Lee. You wish you had skinny little arms that can reach all the way up there like mine!

Between FM 20-22 (vehicle recovery), available for download here on SS, and the operator's manual for the wrecker being used, I would think that one could tackle anything the wrecker is capable of with confidence. Jon

To order spare parts from HF, you must call the "Spare Parts and Tech Help Hotline" 1-800-444-3353 Regards, Jon

Always upload pics in the order you want them to appear... When you preview them, the pics will appear backwards but don't worry, they will be correct when you submit the post. Regards, Jon

Excellent! Love to see those wreckers put to work!

COOL! I wondered what happened to that thing...

Thanks Guys! I've got a 2hp Ingersoll Rand compressor, I think it's a 40-gallon tank but the HVLP spray guns don't really use a lot of air (high volume but only at 10psi) so almost any compressor setup will be adequate. My HVLP spray gun is from Harbor Freight, at the time it was the nicest...

I always thought you couldn't use oily fuels in a gasoline engine because of spark plug fouling... Plug gets oily, engine stops. I used to run Marvel Mystery Oil in a 1966 gas Mercedes I had because it had old style Bosch mechanical fuel injection (neat!) and I wanted to prolong the life of the...

Mine too. If I don't get out of the truck quickly it will already be stopped. It's a c-turbo.

Thanks for the info, Mike... I'll have to give it a try. I read somewhere that if silicone ever gets on paint, you will have a tough time getting new paint to stick to it... Jon

As part of my painting and general restoration job, I'm renewing all grounds that I can find... New bolts, star washers, and metal lock nuts and I sand the frame and parts to shiny metal before assembly... Then touch up with paint afterward. My truck has an issue with both front turn signal...

Bumper paint archeology. I wanted to stencil my truck with it's original unit markings if they could be determined. I figured I could, because while the truck's paint was not too thick in most areas, the front and rear bumpers were VERY thick, with about 10 or more layers of paint. I spent a...

Here's some more... We're almost caught up! The last week of March and the first week of April was my vacation, and I spent the entire time sanding, prepping and priming the truck for it's paint job. I used a LOT of sandpaper! To get a good surface for painting, I had to take much of the...

I'm no expert, but I think Jason is right. Taking the truck out of this country could get you in deep doo-doo. The EUC requirements do not end just because you may have bought the truck from a private party rather than directly from the government... You are still bound by these rules. Jon

Yes, interesting product... I really wish Solar would work for me, but it isn't practical. My house faces east-west, and the south-facing area is quite small. Also, the southern portion of my property has mature trees which provide shade to the roof, lowering my cooling costs here in the...

No, the star should point to the front of the vehicle. From TB 746-93-1, section 11 - National Symbol: e) On horizontal surfaces the star will be applied with one point directly toward the front of the vehicle or equipment. On vertical surfaces the star will have one point directly up. That TM...

You mean a 10-20 kw genset that operates like a deuce's Multifuel engine? From your wording it could be read as, your looking for a Multifuel powered genset (using a deuce engine) for $10-$20k (as in you have $10,000-$20,000 to spend on one). A genset like that would probably be over 100 kw...

I almost forgot! There was another reason the restoration didn't start until the end of March... I was waiting for the title conflict on my V-18A/MTQ (which I won last December) to be resolved, because my deuce and towbar was the only way I could get it home. As soon as the V-18 was in my...

Here's some more pics that will bring me from summer, 2006 up to the start of the restoration back to semi-gloss OD with stars, which started at the end of March, 2007. Throughout 2006 I collected thousands of dollars worth of NOS and new parts, pretty much everything I would need for the...

Hey Tom, Yes, the truck you got sure did look good! I never saw it in person, by the time I went to look at the truck I bought, yours was already gone... But I remember reading the ad which was still on Mark's website at that time. Neat that we're all Steel Soldiers members, too... Jon